Paul Herbertson, Author at Wild Philanthropy

In memory of Anton Mzimba

Tuesday, 9th August, 2022

Many of you will already know, I’m sure, of the death of the South African Timbavati ranger Anton Mzimba. Head of Ranger Services at South Africa’s Timbavati…

Another fine win

Thursday, 27th January, 2022

Just a very quick post to say how delighted we are that Wild Expeditions has received yet another award, this time MEA Markets Best Travel-driven Social Enterprise….

A snapshot of where we are

Wednesday, 26th January, 2022

As this is my first post this year, I thought I’d take the opportunity to update you all on where we got to last year and what…

Remembering Angela Sacha

Friday, 24th September, 2021

As you may already have heard, we have some very sad news. Our Impact Travel Director and great friend Angela Sacha died a week last Thursday evening,…

My word, it’s delicious

Thursday, 26th August, 2021

Just a very quick and short blog to announce that Ntakata’s community-led Tongwe Trust and groups from several contributing forest villages have just potted their first batch…

Introducing the Safari Carbon Calculator

Monday, 5th July, 2021

In response to the need to better measure carbon emissions of single safaris, Wild Philanthropy has developed and released the Safari Carbon Calculator. An open-source tool aimed…

Nyirangongo Disaster Relief Fund

Tuesday, 1st June, 2021

Virunga National Park has set up the Nyiragongo Disaster Relief Fund in response to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s stratovolcano’s most recent eruption, which resulted in the…

The African Travel Recovery Fund

Sunday, 28th March, 2021

In a recent article on the immediate and long term impact of Covid-19 on Africa’s wildernesses and the prospects of the communities that both rely on and…

Boots on the ground: Enonkishu’s new ranger outpost

Tuesday, 19th January, 2021

Those of you familiar with our work will know that the wonderful Enonkishu Conservancy one of the at-risk ecosystems supported by Wild Philanthropy. The below report comes…